British stunt woman Olivia Jacksonwho received a lot of terrible injuries during the filming of “Resident Evil: The Last Chapter“, which led to the end of her career, won a lawsuit against the company Bickers action saresponsible for controlling a mobile camera.
The South African High Court ruled that the trick in which Olivia rode a motorcycle at high speed was casually planned technical specialists. In turn, the defendants in the court case claimed that the girl herself was to blame for the incident.
“I lost my old face. I lost my body. I lost my old life. Now, at least I have a court decision that proves that this trick was poorly planned and that it’s not my fault,” Jackson said in the decision.
“But the worst part is that I have to live with the consequences of the mistakes of other people who, with the exception of the short period of my hospitalization in South Africa, did not want to support me financially.”
According to a statement made by Olivia’s legal team, the incident occurred after the film crew canceled the planned scene of the fight due to the rain, which resulted in the decision to shoot an episode with a stunt on a motorcycle involving a girl.
According to lawyers, the changes adopted at the last moment, about which Olivia Jackson was not aware, led to tragic consequences. During the performance of the stunt, the double of Mila Jovovich, moving at high speed on a motorcycle, crashed face into a mobile camera, which the operator did not pick up in time.
As a result of injuries, Olivia Jackson had to amputate her arm. She was admitted to the hospital with a curved spine, a dislocated shoulder, cut off with her thumb, punctured lungs and broken ribs, after spending 17 days in a coma. She continues to suffer from paralysis of the upper left quarter of her body and is still undergoing treatment.
Jackson claimed compensation from Bickers Action SA in the amount of 183 million dollars.
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